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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

476%
476%

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

68%
68%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB is approximately 408% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GBAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
GP106
Tahiti
CoresDifferent
1280
2048
TMUsDifferent
80
128
ROPsDifferent
48
32
Memory SizeDifferent
6 GB
3 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
192 bit
384 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GBAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
GPU NameDifferent
GP106
Tahiti
GPU VariantDifferent
GP106-400-A1
Tahiti XT2(215-0821065)
ArchitectureDifferent
Pascal
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
16 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
4,400 million
4,313 million
DensityDifferent
22.0M / mm²
12.3M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
200 mm²
352 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-2173
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GBAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Release DateDifferent
Jul 19th, 2016
Jun 22nd, 2012
GenerationDifferent
GeForce 10
Southern Islands(HD 7900)
PredecessorDifferent
GeForce 900
Northern Islands
SuccessorDifferent
GeForce 20
Sea Islands
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
299 USD
499 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
117 in our database
191 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GBAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Base ClockDifferent
1506 MHz
1000 MHz
Boost ClockDifferent
1709 MHz
1050 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
2002 MHz8 Gbps effective
1500 MHz6 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GBAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Memory SizeDifferent
6 GB
3 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
192 bit
384 bit
BandwidthDifferent
192.2 GB/s
288.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GBAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Shading UnitsDifferent
1280
2048
TMUsDifferent
80
128
ROPsDifferent
48
32
SM CountDifferent
10
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
48 KB (per SM)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
1536 KB
768 KB
Compute UnitsDifferent
N/A
32

Theoretical Performance

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GBAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Pixel RateDifferent
82.03 GPixel/s
33.60 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
136.7 GTexel/s
134.4 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
68.36 GFLOPS (1:64)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
4.375 TFLOPS
4.301 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
136.7 GFLOPS (1:32)
1,075.2 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GBAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
250 mm9.8 inches
275 mm10.8 inches
Height
111 mm4.4 inches
111 mm4.4 inches
TDPDifferent
120 W
300 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
300 W
700 W
OutputsDifferent
1x DVI1x HDMI 2.03x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
1x 6-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
PG410 SKU 30
109-C38637-00
WidthDifferent
N/A
38 mm1.5 inches

Graphics Features

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GBAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
DirectXDifferent
12 (12_1)
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
3.0
2.1 (1.2)
VulkanDifferent
1.3
1.2.170
CUDADifferent
6.1
N/A
Shader ModelDifferent
6.8
6.5 (5.1)

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